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Overview"This book offers a highly original approach to Black masculinities and sport in Canada. The book will be especially exciting for those interested in decolonisation, culture, and the intersection of identity, sport, and politics. Who Da Man attempts to account for the ways that Black Diasporic identifications intersect with the dominant misogyny and homophobia in contemporary men's sporting cultures. Abdel-Shehid suggests that thinking about Diaspora in the making of contemporary Black sporting cultures provides a more comprehensive framework than that which looks at sport solely within the framework of nations and nationalism. He further argues that Canadian hegemonic ideas and practices typically marginalise blackness and Black peoples. Thus, the author suggests, Black masculinities in sport are often connected to Diasporic locations. These connections can be either empowering or disempowering, requiring careful analysis to achieve full understanding of how things are being perceived, projected, and therefore implemented. ""Who Da Man"" offers a feminist and queer reading of Black masculinity, and suggests that thinking about Black sporting masculinities means paying attention to the ways that these larger discourses of racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities. Moreover, the book asks to what extent homophobia and misogyny within men's sporting cultures influence contemporary understandings of Black masculinity." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gamal Abdel-ShehidPublisher: Canadian Scholars Imprint: Canadian Scholars Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.288kg ISBN: 9781551302614ISBN 10: 1551302616 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 28 February 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Introduction: Black Masculinity Inside/Out: Capital Accumulations, Diasporic Disruptions One: """"Race"""" Nation and Sport in Canada: Permanence, Performance, and Black Masculinity Two: Towards a Theory of Black Masculinities and Sporting Culture Three: Running Clean: Ben Johnson and the Unmaking of Canada Four: Who Got Next?: Raptor Morality and Black Public Masculinity in Toronto Five: Scrambling Through the Black Atlantic: Black Quarterbacks and Americanada Six: The Boundaries of the Closet: A Black Queer Theory of Sport and Masculinity"ReviewsGamal Abdel-Shehid's book will change not merely our understanding of how racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities in sport; Who Da Man opens up the field of Sport Sociology to literatures of decolonisation, Diaspora, queer, and cultural studies. It will not be possible to think about the study of sport in the same way again... -- Dr Debra Shogan, University of Alberta. """Gamal Abdel-Shehid's book will change not merely our understanding of how racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities in sport; Who Da Man opens up the field of Sport Sociology to literatures of decolonisation, Diaspora, queer, and cultural studies. It will not be possible to think about the study of sport in the same way again..."" -- Dr Debra Shogan, University of Alberta." Author InformationGamal Abdel-Shehid is an assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science at York University . His teaching and research focuses on cultural studies, sport and leisure, and popular culture in the Black Diaspora. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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